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Cosmology

Posted May7-13 at 05:09 AM by Henry16 (Free Energy, Universe, Philosophy, Physics.)

Walter Russell was one of the most accomplished artists, sculptors, writers and scientists of this century. His periodic chart of the elements accurately predicted the location and characteristics of four elements years before they were discovered in laboratories. These are now known as Deuterium, Tritium, Neptunium, and Plutonium. Russell apparently entered into a heightened state of awareness after being struck by lightning. He began several weeks of drawing and writing about the basic nature...
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String Theory .ppt

Posted Apr29-13 at 03:20 PM by Geekaholic

So today I just finished my MASSIVE String Theory powerpoint which I'm going to present to my classmates. I am sooooooooooo excited. Tomorrow is when I actually present it but I'm just really excited! It's going to be great!!
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Romanticizing Chaos.

Posted Apr23-13 at 03:54 PM by Niteo

Because why not and naive thought.

One of my primary interests of late is nonlinear dynamics, and the origins of my intrigue with this field are easily accessible to anyone. Very simply, all you have to do is go down to the nearest Starbucks, order a hot beverage (perhaps coffee or hot cocoa), remove the lid from your purchase, and watch carefully as the steam chaotically wafts out of the cup. From a very basic point of view, you can easily ascertain that you are watching a phase...
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Holistic Identity

Posted Mar27-13 at 10:46 AM by Ferris_bg (Dimitar Doichinov Philosophy Blog)

Recently I stumbled upon this interesting paper by JeeLoo Liu (published in 2001).

Here are some of the key aspects of what JeeLoo Liu defines as holistic identity.


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[Holism] - The individuation of x is determined by x's contribution to the whole system.

Under this thesis, a neurophysiological event is individuated by how it occurs in the whole brain...
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how do we define and categorize technology..!!

Posted Mar26-13 at 02:14 AM by shivaniits

there are presently different aspects in which the technologies are discussed
1) if the electronic devices or any other devices are processing information it is termed as information technology..
2) or if we are talking about a particular field like medical then we term it as medical technology
but if we present definition of technology as processing of material energy and information to obtain some useful product..and it could be
In 1937, the American sociologist Read...
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